# 注

| 注 | U+6CE8, &#27880; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE8 |
| ← 泧 [U+6CE7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 泩 → [U+6CE9] |
| ㊟ | U+329F, &#12959; CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH ATTENTION |
| ← ㊞ [U+329E] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㊠ → [U+32A0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

注 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜土 (EYG), four-corner 3011$_4$, composition ⿰氵主)

#### Derived characters

* 𮊈, 𥦠, 霔, 乼, 㗟

#### Related characters

* 註 (Variant traditional form)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17316
* Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1592, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6CE8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 飳 | *tʰoːʔ |
| 妵 | *tʰoːʔ |
| 黈 | *tʰoːʔ |
| 蘣 | *tʰoːʔ |
| 罜 | *doːɡ, *tjos |
| 拄 | *toʔ |
| 柱 | *toʔ, *doʔ |
| 駐 | *tos |
| 註 | *tos, *tjos |
| 鉒 | *tos |
| 軴 | *tos |
| 住 | *tos, *dos |
| 跓 | *doʔ |
| 嵀 | *doʔ |
| 主 | *tjoʔ |
| 麈 | *tjoʔ |
| 宔 | *tjoʔ |
| 炷 | *tjoʔ, *tjos |
| 注 | *tjos |
| 疰 | *tjos |
| 蛀 | *tjos |
| 霔 | *tjos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjos) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ).

### Etymology 1

Perhaps cognate with 枓, whose original meaning is "spoon, ladle".

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhù (zhu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zu$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tù / chù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): du$^3$ / zu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^4$
*** Yale: jù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^3$
*** Yale: jyu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡søy²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tù
*** Tâi-lô: tù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dux
*** IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei): /tu¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tu²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
*** Tâi-lô: tsù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zux
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡su²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/
* tù - vernacular (“stake; classifier”);
* chù - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyuH
Rime :
| Character | 注 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之戍切 |
| Baxter | tsyuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro(ʔ)-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjos/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 注 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tro(ʔ)-s/ |
| English | to conduct water |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 注 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17622 |
| Phonetic component | 主 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 注 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjos/ |

#### Definitions

注
* to pour into; to fill
    注射 ― zhùshè ― injection
    注入 ― zhùrù ― to pour into
* to concentrate; to pay attention
    注視／注视 ― zhùshì ― to look attentively
    專注／专注 ― zhuānzhù ― to concentrate completely
    注意 ― zhùyì ― to pay attention
* (gambling) stake
    賭注／赌注 ― dǔzhù ― stake
* Classifier for sums of money, business deals.

#### Compounds

* 下注 (xiàzhù)
* 中注模樣 / 中注模样
* 備注 / 备注 (bèizhù)
* 傾注 / 倾注 (qīngzhù)
* 傾耳注目 / 倾耳注目
* 儀注 / 仪注
* 全神貫注 / 全神贯注 (quánshénguànzhù)
* 出注
* 加注 (jiāzhù)
* 古今注
* 合注
* 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
* 單注著 / 单注著
* 大雨如注 (dàyǔrúzhù)
* 天緣注定 / 天缘注定
* 夾注 / 夹注
* 夾注號 / 夹注号
* 孤注
* 孤注一擲 / 孤注一掷 (gūzhùyīzhì)
* 孤辰合注
* 專注 / 专注 (zhuānzhù)
* 小注
* 引人注目 (yǐnrénzhùmù)
* 心神專注 / 心神专注
* 懸河注水 / 悬河注水
* 懸河注火 / 悬河注火
* 投注 (tóuzhù)
* 批注 (pīzhù)
* 押注 (yāzhù)
* 挹彼注此
* 挹彼注茲 / 挹彼注兹 (yìbǐzhùzī)
* 挹注 (yìzhù)
* 旁注
* 標注 / 标注 (biāozhù)
* 水注 (shuǐzhù)
* 水經注 / 水经注
* 注兒 / 注儿
* 注塑 (zhùsù)
* 注子
* 注定 (zhùdìng)
* 注射 (zhùshè)
* 注射劑 / 注射剂 (zhùshèjì)
* 注射器 (zhùshèqì)
* 注射筒 (zhùshètǒng)
* 注意 (zhùyì)
* 注意力 (zhùyìlì)
* 注慕
* 注文 (zhùwén)
* 注明 (zhùmíng)
* 注本
* 注水 (zhùshuǐ)
* 注疏
* 注目 (zhùmù)
* 注目禮 / 注目礼 (zhùmùlǐ)
* 注視 / 注视 (zhùshì)
* 注腳 / 注脚 (zhùjiǎo)
* 注色
* 注解 (zhùjiě)
* 注資 / 注资 (zhùzī)
* 注釋 / 注释 (zhùshì)
* 注重 (zhùzhòng)
* 注銷 / 注销 (zhùxiāo)
* 注音 (zhùyīn)
* 注音符號 / 注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào)
* 流注
* 浥注
* 灌注 (guànzhù)
* 灌注器 (guànzhùqì)
* 皮下注射
* 眷注 (juànzhù)
* 秤斤注兩 / 秤斤注两
* 穩吃三注 / 稳吃三注
* 箋注 / 笺注
* 肌肉注射 (jīròu zhùshè)
* 腳注 / 脚注 (jiǎozhù)
* 自注
* 血流如注 (xuèliúrúzhù)
* 評注 / 评注
* 詮注 / 诠注
* 豐注 / 丰注
* 貫注 / 贯注 (guànzhù)
* 賭注 / 赌注 (dǔzhù)
* 起居注
* 跗注
* 轉注 / 转注 (zhuǎnzhù)
* 這注 / 这注
* 酒注子
* 關注 / 关注 (guānzhù)
* 附注 (fùzhù)
* 集注 (jízhù)
* 靜脈注射 / 静脉注射 (jìngmài zhùshè)
* 預防注射 / 预防注射

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 注 – see 註 (“to annotate; to comment; to record; to register; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 註).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 注 |
| Kyūjitai | 注󠄁 注+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 注󠄄 注+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
| The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment. See here for details. |||

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* to pour
* (replacing 註) to place an order (as in 注文)

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan’yō-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
* Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 注ぐ, Jōyō)、さす (sasu, 注す)、つぐ (tsugu, 注ぐ)

#### Compounds

* 注(ちゅう)意(い) (chūi)
* 注(ちゅう)加(か) (chūka)
* 注(ちゅう)解(かい) (chūkai) (註(ちゅう)解(かい))
* 注(ちゅう)眼(がん) (chūgan)
* 注(ちゅう)記(き) (chūki) (註(ちゅう)記(き))
* 注(ちゅう)脚(きゃく) (chūkyaku) (註(ちゅう)脚(きゃく))
* 注(ちゅう)口(こう) (chūkō)
* 注(ちゅう)告(こく) (chūkoku)
* 注(ちゅう)思(し) (chūshi)
* 注(ちゅう)視(し) (chūshi)
* 注(ちゅう)射(しゃ) (chūsha)
* 注(ちゅう)瀉(しゃ) (chūsha)
* 注(ちゅう)釈(しゃく) (chūshaku) (註(ちゅう)釈(しゃく))
* 注(ちゅう)集(しゅう) (chūshū)
* 注(ちゅう)進(しん) (chūshin)
* 注(ちゅう)水(すい) (chūsui)
* 注(ちゅう)説(せつ) (chūsetsu) (註(ちゅう)説(せつ))
* 注(ちゅう)染(せん) (chūsen)
* 注(ちゅう)疏(そ) (chūso) (註(ちゅう)疏(そ))
* 注(ちゅう)腸(ちょう) (chūchō)
* 注(ちゅう)入(にゅう) (chūnyū)
* 注(ちゅう)文(ぶん) (chūbun)
* 注(ちゅう)本(ぼん) (chūbon) (註(ちゅう)本(ぼん))
* 注(ちゅう)目(もく) (chūmoku)
* 注(ちゅう)文(もん) (chūmon) (註(ちゅう)文(もん))
* 注(ちゅう)油(ゆ) (chūyu)
* 注(ちゅう)流(りゅう) (chūryū)
* 注(ちゅう)力(りょく) (chūryoku)
* 注(ちゅう)連(れん) (chūren)
* 逸(いっ)注(ちゅう) (itchū)
* 雨(う)注(ちゅう) (uchū)
* 外(がい)注(ちゅう) (gaichū)
* 冠(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
* 勘(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
* 灌(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
* 脚(きゃく)注(ちゅう) (kyakuchū) (脚(きゃく)註(ちゅう)): footnote
* 傾(けい)注(ちゅう) (keichū)
* 原(げん)注(ちゅう) (genchū) (原(げん)註(ちゅう))
* 古(こ)注(ちゅう) (kochū) (古(こ)註(ちゅう))
* 語(ご)注(ちゅう) (gochū) (語(ご)註(ちゅう))
* 校(こう)注(ちゅう) (kōchū) (校(こう)註(ちゅう))
* 左(さ)注(ちゅう) (sachū) (左(さ)註(ちゅう))
* 自(じ)注(ちゅう) (jichū) (自(じ)註(ちゅう))
* 集(しっ)注(ちゅう) (shitchū) (集(しっ)註(ちゅう))
* 受(じゅ)注(ちゅう) (juchū) (受(じゅ)註(ちゅう))
* 集(しゅう)注(ちゅう) (shūchū) (集(しゅう)註(ちゅう))
* 詳(しょう)注(ちゅう) (shōchū) (詳(しょう)註(ちゅう))
* 新(しん)注(ちゅう) (shinchū) (新(しん)註(ちゅう))
* 箋(せん)注(ちゅう) (senchū) (箋(せん)註(ちゅう))
* 疏(そ)注(ちゅう) (sochū) (疏(そ)註(ちゅう))
* 頭(とう)注(ちゅう) (tōchū) (頭(とう)註(ちゅう))
* 特(とく)注(ちゅう) (tokuchū) (特(とく)註(ちゅう))
* 発(はっ)注(ちゅう) (hatchū)
* 評(ひょう)注(ちゅう) (hyōchū) (評(ひょう)註(ちゅう))
* 標(ひょう)注(ちゅう) (hyōchū) (標(ひょう)註(ちゅう))
* 付(ふ)注(ちゅう) (fuchū) (附(ふ)註(ちゅう))
* 分(ぶん)注(ちゅう) (bunchū) (分(ぶん)註(ちゅう))
* 編(へん)注(ちゅう) (henchū) (編(へん)註(ちゅう))
* 補(ほ)注(ちゅう) (hochū) (補(ほ)註(ちゅう))
* 傍(ぼう)注(ちゅう) (bōchū) (旁(ぼう)註(ちゅう))
* 訳(やく)注(ちゅう) (yakuchū) (訳(やく)註(ちゅう))
* 脇(わき)注(ちゅう) (wakichū) (脇(わき)註(ちゅう))
* 割注(わりちゅう) (warichū) (割註(わりちゅう))

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 注
* ちゅう Grade: 3
* kan'yōon
* Alternative spelling
* 註
From Middle Chinese 註 (MC tsyuH|trjuH). 注 is a daiyōji replacing 註.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちゅう [chùú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕɨː]

#### Noun

注(ちゅう) • (chū)
* annotation, note

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “注”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1264 (paper), page 683 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 748 (paper), page 387 (digital)
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

注 (eumhun 부을 주 (bueul ju))
* hanja form of 주 (“pour”)

#### Compounds

* 주유 (注油, juyu, “refueling”)
* 주입 (注入, ju'ip, “injection”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

注: Hán Nôm readings: chú, chõ, giú, chua
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation